METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINING AND PACKET STEERING

Abstract: logic may identify, based on a service request received via the network interface, a service function chain comprising one or more instances of communication service functions, computing service functions, and data service functions in a network, wherein the one or more instances of communication service functions are associated with one or more instances of computing service functions and the one or more instances of data service functions. logic may determine service-aware transport information associated with the service function chain. logic may configure, via the one or more interfaces, the one or more instances of communication service functions, computing service functions, and data service functions for packet steering based on the service-aware transport information. and logic may parse a service label of a packet associated with a service identified in the service request to determine the service label and forward the packet to a service function based on the service label.

Inventor(s): QIAN LI, ZONGRUI DING, XIAOPENG TONG, ALEXANDRE SASO STOJANOVSKI, THOMAS LUETZENKIRCHEN, ABHIJEET KOLEKAR, SANGEETHA BANGOLAE, SUDEEP PALAT, GENG WU

CPC Classification: H04L47/2475 (for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications)

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